SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003

• Abstract:

  This standard has one common requirements part plus specific parts for each of the radio equipment and services. This harmonised standard under the EMC Directive and article 3.1b of the R&TTE Dirctive. This does not include EMC requirements for equipment covered by the Marine Equipment Directive.

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2003
• ICS: 33.060.01 - Radiocommunications in general
• ICS: 33.070.50 - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
• ICS: 33.100.01 - Electromagnetic compatibility in general
• Technical Committee: RES - Radio equipment and systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Mar-2003
• Due Date: 01-Mar-2003
• Completion Date: 01-Mar-2003
• Directive: 1999/5/EC - Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity
• Directive:

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  TRRTP124 - Splošni akt o načrtu uporabe radijskih frekvenc (NURF-4)
• Mandate: M/284
• Mandate: T-353
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1 (2002-08) - Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 8: Specific conditions for GSM base stations

• Official Journal Project Relation: SIST EN 301 489-8:2001 - ElectroMagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 8: Specific conditions for GSM base stations
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2009

Overview

SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003 is a harmonized European standard that addresses electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) specifically for GSM base stations and associated equipment. Developed by the Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo (SIST) in alignment with ETSI standards, it defines the test conditions, performance criteria, and EMC requirements for radio equipment and services operating within GSM and DCS digital cellular telecommunications systems. This standard is essential for demonstrating compliance with the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and Article 3.1b of the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC).

Key Topics

• Scope and Applicability
  The standard applies to GSM and DCS base stations, ancillary RF amplifiers, and repeaters, focusing on their ability to function without causing or suffering from unwanted electromagnetic interference. It ensures equipment meets the necessary criteria for EMC, excluding equipment under the Marine Equipment Directive.

• EMC Requirements
  The document details:

  • Test conditions for emissions and immunity
  • Arrangements for test signals for both transmitters and receivers
  • Exclusion bands where immunity testing is not required
  • Methods for identifying and disregarding narrowband responses

• Performance Assessment

  • Establishment and maintenance of communications links
  • Assessment of Bit Error Ratio (BER) and RXQUAL during testing
  • Criteria for continuous and transient phenomena affecting transmitters, receivers, repeaters, and ancillary RF amplifiers

• Ancillary Equipment
  Ancillary RF amplifiers and repeaters must meet specific EMC performance standards regarding signal gain and stability under both continuous and transient electromagnetic influences.

Applications

SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003 plays a crucial role in the development, testing, and certification of radio base stations for GSM networks. The standard is particularly relevant for:

• Manufacturers
  Ensuring new products or equipment upgrades meet harmonized European EMC requirements for radio spectrum management.

• Telecommunications Providers Specifying compliant base station equipment for deployment in mobile networks and ensuring reliable GSM and DCS communications.

• Conformity Assessment Bodies
  Using standardized methods for EMC testing to ensure base stations and associated equipment operate within regulatory limits.

• EMC Test Laboratories Implementing the standard's procedures for assessing immunity to electromagnetic interference, emissions, and evaluating associated performance metrics.

Related Standards

Several other standards are referenced or provide a foundation for SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003, including:

• EN 301 489-1
  General requirements for EMC of radio equipment and services; forms the base for device-specific parts such as part 8.

• ETSI TS 101 087 and ETSI ETS 300 578
  Specification of logical interfaces, performance, and test cases for GSM equipment.

• Directive 1999/5/EC (R&TTE Directive)
  Governs radio equipment compliance within the EU.

• Council Directive 89/336/EEC (EMC Directive)
  Central to harmonized EMC requirements in Europe.

• ETSI EN 300 609-4
  Base station and repeater equipment definitions for the GSM system.

Conclusion

Applying SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003 ensures that GSM base stations and related equipment are tested rigorously for electromagnetic compatibility, contributing to robust and interference-free mobile networks. By adhering to this EMC standard, stakeholders demonstrate compliance with critical European directives, support smooth telecommunications operations, and facilitate access to the European market for GSM equipment.

Keywords: EMC, electromagnetic compatibility, GSM base station, radio equipment, EN 301 489-8, SIST, DCS, R&TTE Directive, EMC Directive, performance assessment, telecommunications compliance.

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Elektromagnetna združljivost (EMC) in zadeve v zvezi z radijskim spektrom (ERM) - Standard elektromagnetne združljivosti (EMC) za radijsko opremo in storitve - 8. del: Posebni pogoji za bazne postaje GSMElectromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 8: Specific conditions for GSM base stations33.100.01Elektromagnetna združljivost na splošnoElectromagnetic compatibility in general33.070.50Globalni sistem za mobilno telekomunikacijo (GSM)Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)33.060.01Radijske komunikacije na splošnoRadiocommunications in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 301 489-8 Version 1.2.1SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003en01-marec-2003SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003SLOVENSKI
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Contents Intellectual Property Rights.5 Foreword.5 1 Scope.6 2 References.6 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations.7 3.1 Definitions.7 3.2 Abbreviations.8 4 Test conditions.8 4.1 General.8 4.2 Arrangements for test signals.8 4.2.1 Arrangements for test signals at the input of transmitters.9 4.2.2 Arrangements for test signals at the output of transmitters.9 4.2.3 Arrangements for test signals at the input of receivers.9 4.2.4 Arrangements for test signals at the output of receivers.9 4.2.5 Arrangements for testing transmitter and receiver together (as a system).9 4.2.6 Arrangements for testing repeaters.9 4.3 Exclusion band of radio communications equipment.9 4.3.1 Base station receiver exclusion band.9 4.3.2 Base station transmitter exclusion band.10 4.3.3 Repeater and ancillary RF amplifier exclusion band.10 4.4 Narrowband responses of receivers.10 4.5 Normal test modulation.10 5 Performance assessment.11 5.1 General.11 5.2 Assessment of BER at the output of a transmitter.11 5.2.1 Assessment of BER using static layer 1 functions.11 5.2.2 Assessment of BER using RXQUAL.11 5.3 Assessment of BER at the output of a receiver.12 5.3.1 Assessment of BER using RXQUAL.12 5.3.2 Assessment of BER using reported BER.12 5.4 Performance assessment of repeaters and ancillary RF amplifiers.12 5.5 Ancillary equipment.12 5.6 Equipment classification.12 6 Performance criteria.12 6.1 Performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Transmitters (CT).13 6.2 Performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Transmitters (TT).13 6.3 Performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Receivers (CRx).13 6.4 Performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Receivers (TRx).13 6.5 Performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Repeaters and Ancillary RF Amplifiers (CRptr).14 6.6 Performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Repeaters and Ancillary RF Amplifiers (TRptr).14 7 Applicability overview tables.14 7.1 Emission.14 7.1.1 General.14 7.1.2 Special conditions.14 7.2 Immunity.14 7.2.1 General.14 7.2.2 Special conditions.15 Annex A (informative): Examples of GSM and DCS radio equipment in the scope of the present document.16 SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003

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A.1 GSM base station, ancillary RF amplifiers, and GSM repeaters meeting Phase 2 and 2+.16 A.2 Other types of GSM base station, ancillary RF amplifiers, and GSM repeaters.16 Annex B (normative): Method of assessment of Performance for Continuous phenomena applied to Repeaters and Ancillary RF Amplifiers (CRptr).17 B.1 Test purpose.17 B.2 Test method.17 B.3 Performance assessment.17 Annex C (normative): Method of assessment of performance for Transient phenomena applied to Repeaters and ancillary RF amplifiers (TRptr).18 C.1 Test purpose.18 C.2 Test method.18 C.3 Performance assessment.18 History.19
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Intellectual Property Rights IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp). Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document. Foreword This Candidate Harmonized European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM). The present document has been produced by ETSI in response to a mandate from the European Commission issued under Council Directive 98/34/EC [10] (as amended) laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations. The present document is intended to become a Harmonized Standard, the reference of which will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities referencing the Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility ("the EMC Directive") (89/336/EEC [3] as amended) and Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity ("the R&TTE Directive" [2]). The present document is part 8 of a multi-part deliverable. Full details of the entire series can be found in part 1 [1].
National transposition dates Date of adoption of this EN: 9 August 2002 Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 November 2002 Date of latest publication of new National Standard or endorsement of this EN (dop/e):
31 May 2003 Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 May 2004
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1 Scope The present document, together with EN 301 489-1 [1], covers the assessment of equipment meeting Phase 2, and Phase 2+ requirements of the GSM and DCS digital cellular radio telecommunications systems and ancillary equipment in respect of ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC). Technical specifications related to the antenna port and emissions from the enclosure port of radio equipment (base station (BTS), ancillary RF amplifiers and GSM repeaters) are not included in the present document. Such technical specifications are found in the relevant product standards for the effective use of the radio spectrum. The present document specifies the applicable test conditions, performance assessment and performance criteria for GSM and DCS digital cellular radio equipment forming part of the Base Station System (BSS), ancillary RF amplifiers, for transmission and/or reception, GSM repeaters and associated ancillary equipment.
Examples of Base station radio, ancillary RF amplifiers and repeaters covered by the present document are given in annex A. The present document is not applicable to equipment, which forms part of the GSM Network Subsystem (NSS), including Mobile services Switching Centres (MSC), Echo Cancellers (EC) and Operations and Maintenance Centres (OMC). In case of differences (for instance concerning special conditions, definitions, abbreviations) between the present document and EN 301 489-1 [1], the provisions of the present document take precedence. The environment classification and the emission and immunity requirements used in the present document are as stated in EN 301 489-1 [1], except for any special conditions included in the present document. 2 References The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document. • References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. • For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply. • For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. [1] ETSI EN 301 489-1: "Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services;
Part 1: Common technical requirements". [2] Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (R&TTE Directive). [3] Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC Directive). [4] ETSI ETR 350: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Abbreviations and acronyms (GSM 01.04)". [5] ETSI ETS 300 578: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Radio subsystem link control (GSM 05.08)". [6] ETSI TS 100 607-1: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; Part 1: Conformance specification (GSM 11.10-1)". [7] ETSI I-ETS 300 020-1: "European digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 1); Mobile station conformance test system; Part 1: Mobile station conformity specification". SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003

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[8] ETSI EN 300 609-4: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2 and Phase 2+) (GSM); Base Station System (BSS) equipment specification; Part 4: Repeaters (GSM 11.26)". [9] ETSI TS 101 087: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2 and Phase 2+) (GSM); Base Station System (BSS) equipment specification; Radio aspects (GSM 11.21)". [10] Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations. 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in EN 301 489-1 [1], clause 3, TS 101 087 [9] and the following apply: A interface: logical interface between a BSC and an MSC Abis interface: logical interface between a BTS and a BSC ancillary equipment: equipment (apparatus), used in connection with a base station, ancillary RF amplifier or repeater, is considered as an ancillary equipment if: - the equipment is intended for use in conjunction with a base station, ancillary RF amplifier or repeater to provide additional operational and/or control features (e.g. to extend control to another position or location); and - the equipment cannot be used on a stand alone basis to provide user functions independently of a base station, ancillary RF amplifier or repeater; and - the base station, ancillary RF amplifier or repeater to which it is connected, is capable of providing some intended operation in accordance with GSM specifications without the ancillary equipment (i.e. it is not a sub-unit of the main equipment essential to the main equipment basic functions); and - there is a physical connection between the base station, ancillary RF amplifier or repeater and the ancillary equipment (i.e. a repeater is not considered to be an ancillary equipment to a base station); and - the primary function of the equipment is not to provide amplification between the transmit and/or receive antenna connector of a base station and an antenna. ancillary RF amplifier: equipment (apparatus), used in connection with a base station, is considered as an ancillary RF amplifier if: - the primary function of the equipment is to provide amplification between the transmit and/or receive antenna connector of a base station and an antenna; and - the RF connection between the equipment and the base station uses co-axial cable; and - the equipment is capable of meeting its specified performance without requiring any control signal which defines the characteristics of the signal being amplified (e.g. the timing of the GSM timeslots or the commanded transmit power); and - if the equipment is dedicated to operate only with certain specified types of base station, these base stations are capable of meeting GSM specifications separately from the ancillary RF amplifier. NOTE: If an ancillary RF amplifier is dedicated to operate only with certain specified types of base station, and these base stations are only capable of meeting GSM specifications in conjunction with the ancillary RF amplifier, the ancillary RF amplifier is considered to be part of the base station. base station: equipment under test which includes at least one BTS, integrated BSS, or BSC maintenance port: external interface used for maintenance, testing or configuration, but not connected during normal operation SIST EN 301 489-8 V1.2.1:2003

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repeater: device with two RF ports, both of which are intended to be connected to antennas, which is capable of receiving, amplifying and transmitting simultaneously in one direction a signal in a BSS transmit band and in the other direction a signal in the corresponding BSS receive band RXQUAL: measure of the received signal quality, which is generated by the base station for use as a criterion in the RF power control and handover processes. The characteristics and requirements are specified in ETS 300 578 [5], clause 8.2 signal and control port: port which carries information or control signals, excluding antenna ports 3.2 Abbreviations For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETR 350 [4] and the following apply: ARFCN Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number BER Bit Error Ratio BSC Base Station Controller BSS Base Station System BSSTE Base Station System Test Equipment BTS Base Transceiver Station CRptr performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Repeaters and ancillary RF amplifiers CRx performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Receivers CT performance criteria for Continuous phenomena applied to Transmitters DCS Digital Cellular System EC Echo Canceller EUT Equipment Under Test GSM Global System for Mobile communication MSC Mobile services Switching Centre NSS Network Sub System RXQUAL Received Signal Quality TRptr performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Repeaters and Ancillary RF Amplifiers
TRx performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Receivers TT performance criteria for Transient phenomena applied to Transmitters 4 Test conditions For the purposes of the present document, the test conditions of EN 301 489-1 [1], clause 4, shall apply as appropriate. Further product related test conditions for GSM base stations are specified in the present document.
4.1 General For emission and immunity tests the test modulation, test arrangements, etc., as specified in the present document, clauses 4.2 to 4.5 shall apply. For an EUT which contains more than one BTS, it is sufficient to perform tests relating to connectors of each represent
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